Healthcare Finance News October 27, 2023
CMS is expected to issue a final rule after the comment period ends on November 6.
Ninety-one bipartisan members of Congress have joined in objecting to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rule for minimum staffing levels at nursing homes.
U.S. Rep. Greg Pence, R-Ind. and others, including Reps. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., Jared Golden, D-Maine and Chris Pappas, D-N.H., sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra saying the requirements would inevitably result in limited access to care for seniors, increases in the Medicaid budget and widespread nursing home closures.
“At a time when nursing homes are already experiencing healthcare worker shortages and financial hardships,...
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